Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering an Efficient and Trusted Tax System) Act 2026 (58 of 2026)

Schedule 6   Pension supplement while overseas

Social Security Act 1991

21   After section 1216

Insert:

1216A Rate of payment may be affected during absence from Australia

A reference in this Division to a person's right to continue to be paid a payment not being affected merely by the person's absence does not imply that the person's rate of payment cannot be affected because of the absence.

Note: A person's rate of payment is worked out in accordance with the relevant Rate Calculator in Chapter 3.